Setting up Kubernetes Cluster on Azure Container Service (AKS)

In this post, we’ll take you through the basics of setting up a Kubernetes Cluster on Azure Container Service (AKS), the Microsoft cloud service to manage your hosted Kubernetes environment. By the end of it, you’ll have a one node cluster up and running in AKS.

Install Azure CLI

You will need the Azure CLI version 2.0.21 or later installed and configured. Run az --version to find the version. If you need to install or upgrade, see Install Azure CLI.

To manage a Kubernetes cluster, you will need to install kubectl, the Kubernetes command-line client. You can install it by running the following command